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🇲🇱 15 Years On, Orano Heads to Court Over Arlit Kidnappings 🌍 A Paris court has finally orderedFrench nuclear group Orano to stand trial over the 2010 abduction of 7 employees near its uranium operations in Arlit, northern Niger. Back in 2010 the company underestimated the jihadist threat and failed to take sufficient security measures: 🔸 The residential compound was not fenced; 🔸 Local contractors, who guarded the area, were unarmed; 🔸 No alarm system or fallback base existed in case of attack. The company also ignored the warnings issued by France’s defence attaché and local authorities. As a result, armed men seized five French nationals, a Togolese and a Madagascan - some of them were not released until October 2013. Besides the lesson of the importance of local personnel protection, this tragedy can cast light on another important topic of today - how French courts will judge decisions long after the geopolitical winds have completely changed. Devils Below